cooling off

Today it's down to low 100's which is feeling good. I finished my finals in my community nursing class. I'm just waiting for the grade to come out. I think I might get a B which i'm fine with. I had a 98% going into the final but I really just could not get motivated to write a huge long final so I kinda just wrote a bunch of crap down and sent it in. LOL. So I'm guessing my grade may go down to a B.
Allan is taking Emma to school right now. I guess we are going to pick her back up this afternoon and have her one more night. We want to play hookey from school tomorrow and go to fossil creek but once again I'm not sure if we will have time to do this or not. We will see. Allan should be finding out some things about his new job today hopefully if not tomorrow. We are kinda just on hold it seems. I'm working thursday and Saturday. Joelle is here and she got a job. I'm not even sure if i mentioned this before.. lol. Our life is just a whirlwind right now. My sister is staying with us for a while. She got a little job already but she wants to find a different one. She took the first one she was offered even though it's not what she wants. She can understand the importance of having an income. So she is working at BEVMO. Its a big huge wine store. She only wanted part time so she would have time to look for a different job but they keep giving her like 33 hours instead of 20ish. lol. I think she is going to go try and find a waitressing job. She likes making tips and thinks she will make a lot more doing that. I'm thinking that is probably true. So I'm going to take her to a couple of places today and see if she can get a job at one of them. WE will see, but at least she has a job in the mean time. sheww..
It's nice having her here. She helps cook, she is quite neat not a slob by any means, she is also on a healthfood kick so that is good for me. ;-) We went on a walk last night and took the girls to the park to play for a bit. Anyway I just really enjoy having her here. Its nice to have someone in the house while allan is gone on night shift or when he is gone with this new job.
Okay well I'm going to get off here and go get some things done today. have a good one!

the best cake ever!! yummy

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 can (20oz) crushed pineapple
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla


Mix ingredients by hand and pour into 9 x 13 pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.



Frosting
1 pkg. cream cheese
(do not use fat free cream cheese..your frosting will be very lumpy!)
1 stick butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla



I have served this a few times and I'm making it today. I got it off a blog on here and I have to say it is turning into a family favorite. So I'm passing it on. ;-) the blog i got it from is here http://thepleasuresofmylife.blogspot.com/search?q=pineapple enjoy!

Off to work again. Crazy tired this morning. Not that I have all that much traffic during the workweek cause I leave at 5am but today there is NO traffic. So my sister got a job. She is working at a big wine store called bevmo. She had her first day yesterday and all went well. She seemed a bit more cheery. I think its a step in the right direction. She also went and found out about a dental assistant program that she is thinking about starting in the spring. They had one starting in oct but she doesn't have any transportation yet. Its 5 days a week and I can't commit to taking her everyday. So she is going to save up the next couple of months then buy something to get around. Who is ready for football season? I am!
How random are my thoughts this am. Seriously my brain seems to hop from subject to subject never staying on one thing for very long. Well at least that's what its doing this morning. I'm going to chalk it up to needing sleep.I worked yesterday and today. Tomorrow I have to write a 10 page final for the class I'm taking. Blahh gag gag! Suprisingly enough it feels like getting my bsn took way less time than my associates. I mean it really did take less time but it has flown by. Don't get me wrong I'm really tired of taking the classes but when I think that this is basically the last school semester it feels like it has went fast.
On a different note, I have my first trach patient at work. My friend niki has worked there 15 months and she has never had to take care of a person with a trach yet. I have to say that its something that is very intimidating when u haven't worked with them at all. The pt is a very sweet thing. Probably the best pt for me to learn on. I learned the stuff in nursing school but I only practiced on a dummy in lab. We suctioned them and cleaned them etc but its so different with a real human that can cough gag and breath. I first went in the room with the dr and speech therapist. Who all in all just said a bunch of big words and then freaked me out because they were talking about some part that if inflated would kill the patient in 3 minutes. Umm pretty sure I didn't hear about that in school so umm excuse me but can I see that part again so I know what not to tough.. lol oh the adventures of being a new nurse. Lucky for me I have a pretty experienced boss or two and they came that afternoon and saw that I was a little unsure of what to do with the care of this thing so they busted out a full on hands on lesson and now I feel comfortable. They are pretty simple but but still there's something about fake airways that gives me a chill. I guess its a good thing. Can't be too careful.
So on that note its time for me to get to work. Have a great day!

i'm hating blogger righ tnow. i can't leave comments on like half of peoples sites. Jenn if your reading this i tried like 12 times to leave you one tonight. apparently if you use the the comments embedded link it makes it where people can't always comment. I changed mine to one of the other options now. helppp i need help figuring out what in the world is wrong or i'm gonna have to quite and change to something else.

what a good girl i have!

Allan got off work this am and we set off on our day. Poor guy is tired tonight. He had a dental apt and found out he needs a deep cleaning but had no cavaties. So we got that scheduled. I got groceries while he was at the dentist so we unloaded those and stocked the house back up. Then we went to a bbq place and ate. It was really yummy and in downtown gilbert which we love. It has all these old buildings and houses. After that we headed to lilly's dental apt. She complained of her toothe hurting last night and i called today cause it has been a little over a year since she went in. Last time she went to the dentist it was a nightmare. She did fine but she had so many cavaties they had to knock her out she ended up with a mouth full of silvercaps and white caps and her back teeth sealed. I was nervous to say the least about going back this time. I had been prepping her for the dentist for a while though cause i knew she was overdue. They had a last minute cancel and took her in today. So i was so suprised. The lady came out and asked her a couple questions and lilly took her hand and walked back without me to get xrays. I was listening around the corner to their chatter. It was cute she kept telling the lady she was 6 and emma was 3. ( so apparently we need to work on the age concept). I thought they would come get me in the waiting room when they were done with xrays but after a few minutes nothing was happening.. I went and asked if she was done with the pictures. they said i could go on back. She was already laid out on the chair with the rag across her chest talking to the lady and letting her look in her mouth. I was so impressed. I went and sat on the end of her chair and patted her leg but she was completely relxaed and didnt care at all. I could tell she got a bit nervous when they broke out the power tools to gloss her teeth but she opened up and let them. Then they flossed her and washed out her mouth and used the suction thing. The dentist came in to take a peek at the xrays then checked out the spot she was saying hurt her. He put the mirror in and a little poke around and said no cavaties he could see and that she had excellent hygeine. WOW!!! they said they would like to see her every 6 months so of course i apologized for being so late but she had a clean bill and no problems at all. They gave her stickers and a new toothbrush and toothpaste and a little floss stick which she carried around with her in a bag for the rest of the day telling everyone about her big dentist trip. ;-) she is growing up.. sniff sniff. I was really proud of her though. They kept talkign about how adorable she was and she kept making them giggle. It was a very pleasant trip compared to the last time that was just plum nerve racking. i went and visited mom and aaron after the dentist so lilly could share her good girl story. Mom is having a b day party. All her swimming pool pals are coming over for a potluck and to celbrate her birthday that just passed. So happy late birthday again to LALA and to PAPA Wade also. I still think it's funny that you to have the same birthday down to the year. I'm having an off year on birthdays and occasions. Most years i'm really great at sending out cards or presents but this year I kinda took a break. Maybe I'll start again next year. who knows. WE just have a lot going on this year right now so we will see. But I did want to say happy birthday and i was thinking about you all.
Tomorrow we have a one year home inspection. I guess they come and look for any flaws in the major areas. cracks and roof and insulation etc.. We have a landscaper coming by early in the morning. We are trying to get one set up for later on. They are pretty cheap out here so it always seems like a good deal. I don't mind mowing but I hate after i chop the bushes having to pick up all the dead stuff and i hate scorpions and i'm always afraid i will find one during that so the yard guy makes it look easy he has all the right tools and just blows the stuff out.
Lilly has a new show. Do you all remember the show " perils of penelope pitstop" ? it's an oldie. SHe is in LOVE with it!! calls it her " girl show" she knows all the names to the characters and wants to watch it all the time. haha. I had to record some episodes because it only comes on once a day at like 930pm. Guess it isn't a big hit with kids these days. But it's right up her alley with traps and a car named chugaboom and the hooded claw( villian) she loves traps right now. SHe tries to trap everything. THis girl just lights up for this show. she starts laughing and smiling and yelling out things. too funny. So anyway i mayhave to google some penelope pitstop things and see if i can find anything for a bday present and hope she still likes it in december. Anyway it's nighty night time for me. See you all later.

I'm behind and can't stay up with blogging. We just have a ton going on right now. Allan has a new job offer we are praying and thinking about. My sister was here for 9 days so we were cramming things in. My moms birthday is in two days but I have to work and she will be watching lilly so I tried to fit something in tonight for that. I madde her a german choclate cake (her favorite). Emma is here right now. Its a school night.. the first ever school night in our house. Wrap all that and two jobs and going to school ourselves and that is what we have been up to lately. Needless to say I have found that I like moscato d asti wine.. haha. I'm tired and thinking about having a glass and a hot soak. Good night world.

oh the stress..

Ok not to sound like a complainer, cause I am very happy to have a job, but if any of you have went thru state inspections you will know what I'm talking about. Ahhhhhhhhh. I'm workin tues till Friday this week and the state is here doing their survey. The place is a zoo! Yesterday went ok because it was honestly like taking an open book test. Three of them made a line for me and asked me questions about patients. Same questions every time. I was able to look up the answers in my records and I think I did fine. Today is when the madness really starts. They have to watch me perform skills. I do these skills everyday but anytime you have someone watching over your shoulder makes it a little nerveracking.
On a lighter note emma starts her first day of school today. Third grader! Good luck emma. Alright well I gotta go in and face the music wish me luck!

camping pics..

http://allanandsarah7.shutterfly.com/ that's the link to our camping pictures. go check them out. ;-) we had a good time and i'll have to post about it later on. enjoy the pics. here are a couple in case you can't go to the site.

camping at patagonia lake

Yes I'm blogging from the tent. Lol cell phones are the craziest invention aren't they? We got here around 1pm and we put up both tents. We were a little suprised about the campgrounds. Just very close camp sites. Not very shaded and it was so stinking hot. We went straight to the beached off area to swim after the tents were set up. We swam for about 10 minutes and then it started raining. Not pouring just a light sprinkling. It cooled everything off but lasted pretty much all day into the evening. We still cooked hotdogs and made smores. We also took the girls fishing. Its a beautiful spot. They have boat in campsites that are only accessible by boats. Its neat you can see them across the water. Anyway we plan on fishing more tomorrow and swimming and probably renting a paddle boat to go explore. The girls have their bug barns to fill. Goodnight from campsite 94.